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5th Global Digital Trade Expo Opens in Hangzhou, Highlighting AI-Empowered Future
The five-day expo features more than 200 AI large models, 40,000 buyers and sellers, and 1,300 business-matching sessions, organizers said.
The 5th Global Digital Trade Expo opened today in Hangzhou, China, centering on artificial intelligence under the theme "Meet the AI Future at GDTE" across 170,000 square meters of exhibition space.
Hangzhou has established itself as a major AI hub, housing 938 core-sector AI enterprises that generated 270.5 billion yuan in revenue during the first half of 2026, a 26% year-on-year increase.
The Token Zone features more than 200 AI large models on display, attracting nearly 40,000 professional buyers and sellers including over 12,000 overseas delegates to the grand gathering.
AI assistants facilitate precise matchmaking for more than 1,300 business sessions, linking online cross-border-e-commerce platforms with offline specialized markets to extend trade engagement throughout the event cycle.
Digital trade innovations originating in the East aim to benefit broader global markets, with Malaysia and Hungary serving as this edition's Guest Countries of Honour.